Was Ron Paul even at the right convention last night? I thought he was running for the DNC nomination. He gave a speech there, didn't he?

2:14 pm September 4, 2008

kim wrote:

are you paying attention? ron paul had his own rally for the republic after the RNC FORBADE him to attended. he was running for the republican nomination ps.

2:17 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Ron Paul held his own convention because he wasn't allowed to speak at the RNC. On top of that, he wasn't even given full floor access at the RNC. It just goes to show that power only wants to stay in power. It really doesn't matter what the rules are or what's fair.

2:21 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

The Republican Party used to be about freedom. Now it seems to be about guns and oil.

Good luck with that.

2:24 pm September 4, 2008

Freedom wrote:

Kudos to Dr. Paul, I will still be supporting come November sir. The Revolution Continues

2:27 pm September 4, 2008

No More Milkage wrote:

I like guns. Will have to vote Libertarian, if Libertarian candidate for president is on NYS ballot. McCain turned me off by his hypocritical and outright lying treatment of the Georgia situation. Obama's worse though.

2:40 pm September 4, 2008

Darryl Schmitz wrote:

The Republican Party is writing its own epitaph: Here lies the remnants of a once-great champion of the Constitution, which in the end ruined the United States because power breeds corruption.

2:41 pm September 4, 2008

Laura wrote:

Actually, I know for an absolute FACT that delegates in Nebraska, anyway, did not decline to cast votes--their votes were simply not reported. You might want to check those other states, as well--it may be that their votes were submitted, but that their delegation chair decided not to report them.

2:46 pm September 4, 2008

PainfullyAware wrote:

Debate Is The Distillation Of Reality.

Wish More People Had Debated Ron Paul Rather Than Dismissed Him.

Both Parties Favor Symbolism Over Substance Relying On Emotion To Make Decisions.

The Circus Is In Full Effect. How Long Will The Bread Last?

We Will Be Attacking Iran Soon And With That The Slippery Slope To War With Russia. Do Not Be So Foolish As To Think That Russia Will Let Us Have Influence Over More Than 60% Of The Worlds Oil. They Will Recognize Their Mutual Defense Treaties With Iran And Come To Their Aid. Inevitably, Many Cities Will Become Glass Craters.

War Will Come To The Shores Of America. The Fascists Scream For It And The Socialists Are Complicit.

When Money And Media Are Allowed To Choose Your Leaders Nothing Good Can Come Of It.

3:12 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

What would Lincoln think of the Palins' pro-secession tendencies?

3:15 pm September 4, 2008

Roy Rogers Yippe Kia MF wrote:

John Mccain if elected will be the last President of the United States of America. Ron Paul could have stopped that but the powers that be lied and stold and God is watching. I am glad I am not them great men bled and died for this country now the blood is on the GOP. I was at the Rally for the Republic and Ron Paul spoke the truth from his heart and not a TelePrompTer God bless this man for defending true liberty and freedom.

3:19 pm September 4, 2008

richard j. wrote:

The Republican party organization in my district in Texas went out of the way to stretch and ignore their own rules to exclude our Ron Paul people. We won our precinct anyway! But we had to be insanely aggressive and nauseatingly fair and open. The Alaska delegation in the wee hours claimed 9 for Ron Paul, but the floor moderator only announced 5! I've been watching Republicans up and down the line cheat and lie about their process week after week after week.

3:19 pm September 4, 2008

Duke wrote:

Maine nonvoting delegate, Patrick Eisenhart, supported Ron Paul. He did not vote because Paul’s name was not put in nomination.

I suspect that's true of most of the other non-votes as well, whether they made the choice individually or were compelled into abstaining by state chairs.

3:21 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Ron Paul is certainly a better candidate than the Community Organizer.

3:24 pm September 4, 2008

John wrote:

Ron Paul is brilliant and beat the other candidates in the debates. Fox News had a difficult time accepting the results in the Sept 5 2007 debates.

More than 15,000 of us converged on Minneapolis- there are actually over one million of us , as the GOP vote confirms during the primaries.

This revolution will continue... stay tuned!

3:52 pm September 4, 2008

Alex wrote:

Ron Paul stands alone as a candidate with the right principles (defender of the Constitution and consistent with the founders) and a strong record of not compromising those principles. He is the only candidate in this entire election that actually would change a single thing. The 15 that voted for him are patriots and should be commended.

Ron Paul, thank you for running for president. It was worth it.

4:33 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Ron Paul did speak at the DNC Convention in Denver when he endorsed Barack Obama. He is the little tiny guy from Ohio who saw the space aliens, right?

4:35 pm September 4, 2008

IshmaelJones wrote:

As the media try to convince us to drink the koolaid, the good doctor is here to remind us of what true patriotism is. And guess what? It's not follow the leader, it's follow the values and principles that make(made) this country respected and admired throughout the world. Yes, the USA is still on planet earth.

4:46 pm September 4, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

So, you're saying, do the opposite of the Bush administration. Will McCain do that?

4:56 pm September 4, 2008

John B. wrote:

I was Republican my whole life. I am not a Ron Paul fan. But, after the way they treated him and his supporters - shutting down conventions, turning off microphones when his delegates got up to announce votes, well, I am done. Goodbye GOP. If you are too chicken to allow a man who has no chance to have a voice, you are not the party for me.

My family was murdered by the Nazis and I remember those days. I can't tell you a lot of difference between the two parties and that sickens me.

I would have voted for McCain, but the Grand ole Party of bigoted, scared, 100% evil children can go on without me.

I urge every American who ever had a family member die for our liberties to leave the GOP - the new party of quashing freedom. People died for those freedoms. Shame on you GOP.

4:57 pm September 4, 2008

DJS wrote:

You need to make a correction. Ron Paul also received 2 votes from Oklahoma. It was incorrectly announced that McCain received 41, but he actually received 39. 2 went to Paul.

Oh, nice attempt to stop the liberty train... but you'll fail in the end.

4:58 pm September 4, 2008

talk about unity wrote:

What Sarah did last night, and John will do tonight is galvanize the party. John picked the absolute BEST VP. A "common folk" person just like the rest of us. Together, they have all the qualities of a President and Vice President.
The Obama camp must be spinning out of control, not knowing what to do next.
See you at the White House.

4:59 pm September 4, 2008

DJS wrote:

RE: the above comment. The microphones were turned off when the correction was going to be made at the RNC.

5:01 pm September 4, 2008

Who brings those liberties wrote:

To 4:56.
Who do you think allows for you to have those liberties . . . not the libs. If it were left to the libs, your freedoms would go out the door.
It's the GOP that fights for YOU and YOUR FAMILY. Do you honestly think Obama could negotiate with Hitler? Of course not . . . communists and terrorists DON"T NEGOTIATE . . . they just blow your head off.
Wake up dude.

5:41 pm September 4, 2008

The Undertaker wrote:

Bernanke, Bush, Cheney, Paulson the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and my homeboys, go forth and plunder more, the illuminati "Fate Accompli" is almost complete, You have taken almost everything. I'm giddy! I haven't been this busy since the old Weimar Republic days. The dumbed down, mind numbed U.S. citizens don't even have a clue had bad they've been had. Well done my minions of globalisation. It's all good!

6:01 pm September 4, 2008

althusius wrote:

The RNC tolerates no dissent among delegates (kind of like Saddam Hussein). I like Sarah Palin. I can not cast a vote for John McCain.

6:02 pm September 4, 2008

Branden wrote:

I still do not understand how people can be so black and white about this. Ron Paul is NOT liberal, and the Republican party is no longer conservative. The kind of political ignorance displayed by this country is dangerous. Time for everybody to go back and take a Poli Sci course and learn what liberal and conservative really means. Ron Paul was the ONLY conservative in the presidential race, and yet he was spurned. Insanity.

6:04 pm September 4, 2008

Kelly E. Griffin wrote:

Until those of you who follow the 2-party systme blindly are willing to open your minds and eyes to the truth, and understand it will require nominating and electing principled representatives at all levels of our government, who will adhere to their oaths of office to the Constitution, and that actually undersatnd Monetary policy and how it's tied to our Foreign and Economic policies, we will not see real change in this country.
But to imagine the majority pulling themselves away from the boob toob and their entertainment diversions to get involved in affecting this change.......one can only imagine

6:09 pm September 4, 2008

Lorri wrote:

I am disgusted by the RNC as they quiver in their boots. They are so scared of liberty and freedom that they have to use brute force and dirty games to get their way. As one of the other posts says, they are digging their own graves. And i hope everyone who has been a sheep to this party realizes that this party is corrupt and does not represent, even in the least, the party it used to be.

Ron Paul and his movement are the true patriots of our country. Jesse Ventura said in this speech at R4R, "the presidential election is not a horse race. it's not about picking the winner and voting for someone because you think he/she's going to win. It's about voting your heart and your concious."

At the same time, “Once you become knowledgeable about the state of our government and our country, you have an obligation to do something about it.” -Ron Paul

6:16 pm September 4, 2008

WF wrote:

People that think that McCain or Obama are going to get this country back on track are fooling themselves. They are the same guy, just on opposite sides of the fence. This country is never going to get back on track until people wake up and start to think about what it really means to be free. Ron Paul is trying to wake us all.

7:39 pm September 4, 2008

V wrote:

All of u that support McCain and Obama. Yeah U! Do you really think that votes for these two talking heads are really gonna change anything. U need to have your head examined because last i checked vote for some of the same B.S. yields more B.S. Let me check... uhm lets see here 1x1=1. Yes it still is the same according to the Identity property.

IDIOTS!

7:41 pm September 4, 2008

Marianne Stebbins wrote:

Minnesota DID cast 6 votes for Ron Paul. They were not reported.

8:28 pm September 4, 2008

Aaron Horsley-Teny wrote:

As our grass roots grow and anchor themselves into the hearts of patriotic Americans, my eyes swell with tears of joy and hope. With RP’s message of liberty and freedom we shall prevail either by civil disobedience or by death.

8:50 pm September 4, 2008

Justin wrote:

After Palin recited her speech, C-SP@N was taking caller reactions. Nearly all of them were inarticulate babblers, heaping cliche upon cliche, whether for or against Palin. Finally, one woman came on (don't remember her name) who sounded intelligent, free from party bias, objective, and articulate. When she finished commenting, she was asked who she supported: Ron Paul.
This obviously doesn't mean a thing. I just wanted to tell the story -- make some Ron Paul supporters smile.

9:03 pm September 4, 2008

john wrote:

McCain claiming victory for bring the Sunni back in.. Disgusting choices warfare or welfare... I glad that the Gitmo prisoners are now qualified to lead as president. McCain is constitutionally ineligible to be president. Because he comes from a long line of warmongers and was prisoners in a "Gulf of Tolkin" war is sad day for America. As the markets showed today the welfare/warefare state is not much of a choice. The CIA and CFR actions in Georgia and the former USSR countries is the prelude to World War III.. Gee you would think the US would be smarter than being the unpaid policeman for the world. These traitors to the ideals of democracy and free markets that think that arming and provoking and starving countries at the point of a gun has no blow back are sick. They will be judged.

9:27 pm September 4, 2008

mediaMommie wrote:

Fashion it's nice to see that the wife of our potential future President knows how to spend money wisely!
Cindy McCain and First Lady Laura Bush caught the attention of many when they were spotted on stage Tuesday night at the RNC looking tres chic.
While the Republicans try to make Barack Obama and his family seem like the "celebs" of the political world, John McCain is supposed to represent the "real working Americans, like Levi “F-in’ Redneck” Johnston."
Though that wasn't the case with McCain's wife!
Cindy and Laura were spotted wearing outfits worth thousands of dollars. And throw in the cost of Cindy's jewelry and her outfit is worth more than many peoples' houses!Lets give them the benefit of the doubt, though. ______________________
FASHION FIRST,I MEAN COUNTRY FIRST

They cut off people who asked for their votes for RP or didn't tell them how many voted for Paul. They would say, 35 (out of 39) for McCain, and stop talking. It has to be illegal to do this. our votes don't count? really?

9:50 pm September 4, 2008

Joe, Texas wrote:

im a 36yo man who has never voted before. some may say i helped put the u.s. where it is now, i really dont beleive that. just want to say, i have only been keeping up with events for the past few years and its hard to imagine that anyone can think that our government has been doing whats best for the country. i will vote this year, i'll be writing ron paul in on the ballot. if i can see it, i know the rest of the country can.

10:12 pm September 4, 2008

Jack D. wrote:

He who votes decides nothing; he who counts the votes decides everything.

10:46 pm September 4, 2008

Kelly E. Griffin wrote:

Ok what gives WSJ...i posted a comment for the third time..as my ohter ones keep disapperaing and then reappearing...as they did...then I refresh or close and reopen a new browser and their both 2 of them are there...then try it again and they're both gone. Then I paste it back in...and it says duplicate post..yet its not showing??? What kind of censoring are U up 2 here???

10:57 pm September 4, 2008

Navy Wife- San Diego, CA wrote:

I noticed that the ladies on stage repeating the vote count would not say Ron Paul's name. They mentioned Mitt Romney when he only received two votes. Shame on you GOP!! America's not stupid and yes we're watching!!
Although "cleared" of his actions during the Keating 5 debacle, I can't believe McCain has managed to stay in politics as long as he has!?? It sickens me that we've become the United States of Amnesia. As an American citizen, I'm tired of BOTH parties. BOTH say one thing, but do another once they get into office. Quit pandering to big business and represent your people. I'll be writing in Ron Paul in November...as will my husband. Ron Paul was the last shred of integrity this party had left!! Goodbye Grand Ol' Party...you just lost 2 more members!

11:21 pm September 4, 2008

Jim Rongstad wrote:

Today's GOP is led by childish warmongers who try and quash any dissent from the party line. The sooner the GOP dies, the better.

I grew up in a Republican family and voted Republican until I was 40, left for 10 years, came back to support Ron Paul.

After the sham State Convention in Minnesota and the non reporting of dissenting votes at the RNC, I say goodbye to the GOP. Never darken my door again.

11:59 pm September 4, 2008

Mike Martin wrote:

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act". The grand experiment where the people were the kings and queens of this country is coming to an end. The stranglehold by the elite have hijacked the american media to brainwash americans with their fascist propaganda. Fascism is growing like a cancer in our country and the american people dont seem to want to wakeup.

1:12 am September 5, 2008

anonymous wrote:

will write Ron Paul's name on the ballot... Permanent marker, across the ballot, all in caps.

1:27 am September 5, 2008

Frank wrote:

"[When] the principle that force is right is become the principle of the nation itself, they would not permit an honest minister, were accident to bring such an one into power, to relax their system of lawless piracy." --Thomas Jefferson to Caesar Rodney, 1810

2:03 am September 5, 2008

ron paul was the only hope for this country's survival... wrote:

Write in Ron Paul!!!

2:46 am September 5, 2008

Wake Up America wrote:

Funny how the comments posted here give a more accurate picture of the roll call numbers than the roll call itself. Ron Paul makes me want to move back to the US, this debacle reminds me why I left.

Really odd how my first brief post was rejected twice because I was 'posting too fast'???? Excuse me, I type one fingered too fast and click submit too fast???? Oh maybe it is my third world internet connection???!!!

The GOP are traitors to this country for acting like neo-liberal democrats and for silencing the classical liberal Ron Paul. McCain is not qualified to serve as president especially when he is as well as obama are promising stuff they will not do.
as for those who are writing in for Ron Paul I salute you and also ask that you look on http://www.constitutionparty.com/www.baldwin08.com and consider Chuck Baldwin who holds about 99.9% of the same views of government and economy as Ron Paul does. I want to vote for Ron Paul but I think that he ended his campaign.

8:39 am September 5, 2008

TekGremlin wrote:

Dear Who brings those liberties.

I understand actually studying your own history is a lot to ask so I will spell is out for you, it was the Dems that wanted US
involvement in WWII and stopping Hitler. The republicans preferred negotiation and came on board only after US soil was attacked.

9:58 am September 5, 2008

Patrick wrote:

To "Who brings those liberties",

Have you ever considered that we create these enemies with our disastrous foreign policy of intervention and regime-change? Do a little reading outside of the "National Review" and you might learn something about American history.

10:53 am September 5, 2008

Kelly E. Griffin wrote:

Why is it WSJ, that every time I repost this info...all my posts all seem to reappear? Then if I wait and reload or reopen a browser to this page their all gone??? I will continue to check back and repost every time they're gone!

12:39 pm September 5, 2008

Texas Conservative wrote:

Now that Ron Paul has been shamefully discarded by the GOP, our only remaining (viable) choices for President are a Marxist and a bloodthirsty warmonger. No wonder so many people don't bother to vote.

1:14 pm September 5, 2008

Patriot in Dallas wrote:

Screw the GOP.

Ron Paul for Life.

5:29 pm September 5, 2008

Steve wrote:

Ron Paul!! Vote Barr this time around! Let's hope we have a good candidate step up for 2012!

7:04 pm September 5, 2008

Mike wrote:

First, can't the Nevada party leaders be sued for what they did??? They just picked delegates from a conference call instead of sending the Ron Paul supporters who actually LEAGALLY won??? That is not ethical.

Second, I'm totally torn who to vote for. I won't vote Dem or Rep, because the two party system is what has screwed us up already. Nobody's even addressing the massive debt this country is in! (Look up the movie "IOUSA") Our kids are seriously screwed if we don't do something NOW!!!

So, are we to vote for Bob Barr, or write in "Ron Paul" just to make a statement? Answer unknown. hmmm.....

"During the hour-and-a-half voting procedure, convention Secretary Jean Inman recorded each state's votes. Even though several states cast a portion of their votes for Ron Paul (among them Alaska, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia), none of those votes were repeated aloud by the secretary, and therefore they were not confirmed by the chair."

1:34 am September 6, 2008

Ross Perot wrote:

Well, it looks like the GOP is going to be a few votes short of a win. Have you wondered yet why so many states passed on their first round vote?

1:41 am September 6, 2008

LUCIFER wrote:

Yes God... I'll have 4 McHurricains to go, with a side of Misled Christians. And make them deep fried please.

1:49 am September 6, 2008

Soldier In Afghanistan wrote:

What the hell is going on? You guys are cutting taxes during 2 wars and fighting over who will keep us here the longest. Screw You! I'm writing in Ron Paul. He's the only guy I can see actually getting me out of this place before I die. Maybe I can get lucky and my wife won't leave me before I get home.

12:33 pm September 6, 2008

Steve wrote:

Writing in Ron Paul doesn't accomplish anything, unfortunately. In most states, unless someone is registered as a write-in candidate, the vote is simply not counted. You would be wiser to vote for Bob Barr. Even though he won't win, if he gets enough votes it makes ballot access much easier for the Libertarians. A strong showing in a general election would do a lot to level the playing field and bring the message of smaller government into the mainstream, where it belongs.

9:24 pm September 6, 2008

Nf7mate wrote:

Voting Bob Barr or Chuck Baldwin would be better than writing in Ron Paul, because the write in vote will not be counted.

11:26 pm September 6, 2008

John wrote:

The nation is ruled by the monopolists, international bankers and it is they who control the Republican show. The American people are too stupid to realize what has transpired by excluding and censoring Ron Pual. He is the real reformer and not the phony McCain whom is now claiming to bring reform to Washington. How the people will believe this is amazing.

1:04 am September 7, 2008

Ron Carlson wrote:

Did "Bozo-Anonymous-Pervious" ever think? Paul's Convention, Our Convention, the People's Convention has and will continue to Rock the Republic...until it shakes out the vipers in the DC and surrounding States, the FED and the IRS. May Great Parent God bless you all, offer you the Light of God, for you are about to fall!

Stay tuned for the announcement next week.
Aloha

8:29 pm September 8, 2008

Patrick Eisenhart wrote:

As the only Ron Paul delegate from Maine, I voted for Ron Paul. However the leaderhip of our delegation chose not to report my vote. Rather than report 20 for McCain 1 for Ron Paul, just the 20 for McCain was reported. Thus the post above is in error. No delegates were allowed to speak or to hold up a banner other than for McCain. It was not a convention, rather it was a highly controlled pep rally orchestrated by the Republican party. Fox News helped out by reporting the convention was packed the first two days when there many empty seats. It also reported that delegates were being beat up by protesters when they were not. Soldiers, secret service, policemen, and private security guards appeared to outnumber the delegates. God Bless America!

4:54 pm September 9, 2008

Joshua Wise wrote:

It was a slap in the face to all Ron Paul supporters, and the man himself that the Party lied about his delegates and subdued them when they could. They are basically saying "We have no respect for you, and we don't want your votes." That's pretty bold, and says a lot about their philosophy, they must hate the constitution.

4:32 pm September 12, 2008

Oregon Delegate wrote:

I went to the convention to vote for Ron Paul as I was elected to do, and I did so. Our Oregon chairman reported the votes, but the RNC Secretary DID NOT repeat them so my vote was ignored and not counted. I came away from the convention realizing I had spent MY precious time and money to take part in filming a carefully scripted commercial for the extremely flawed candidate the RNC has chosen to anoint and crown as our ruler.
Dissent was not allowed, votes for Ron Paul were suppressed and ignored!
A party committed to conservative values should defend freedom of speech! The RNC no longer stands for Individual liberty and the Constitution.

1:44 am September 13, 2008

Kris Broberg - Minnesota Delegate wrote:

Our governor and state chair gave us their word our votes would be recorded. I guess they lied. Either that or the RNC has zero integrity. I was a delegate from Minnesota and my vote was not counted!!!

This is an outrage...

Someone needs to do a story on the stolen votes. The treatment of Ron Paul delegates as near criminals and the fear of the words Ron Paul by the RNC to the point the cut off state delegation mic's before the votes could be announced.

2:03 am September 13, 2008

Kris Broberg - MN Delegate wrote:

I should add that including my own the Minnesota delegation cast 6 votes for Ron Paul.

1:11 am September 16, 2008

Jesse wrote:

F the republicans.
they are all bush bots

it's 3rd party from here on out for this guy

With Ron Paul out, I'm going to have to go with Chuck Baldwin.

3:42 pm September 18, 2008

Plunge Protection Team wrote:

Ralph, Ron, & Cynthia:

Now they're planning the crime of the century
Well what will it be?
Read all about their schemes & adventuring
It's well worth the fee

So roll up and see
How they rape the universe
How they've gone from bad to worse

Who are these men* of lust, greed, & glory?
Rip off the masks & let's see

Amazing. June Kronholz took the perfect opprotunity to expose the RNC's legally questionable actions and instead sold out for a quick jab at Ron Paul. For someone who's won a Pulitzer Prize, it's an extremely disappointing opinion piece; to say the least.

No word about the "thought-police" kicking in doors, taking computers from groups like, "I-Witness Video"? Not even a blurb about the lady from Democracy Now, who had her press badge ripped from her neck as she was arrested for inquiring about her cameraman? Not even a peep about the evils RP delegates faced in St. Paul?

No. Instead we get a "cute" little piece, Madden style, of who got more points, as if this some game. We've all been played, that's for sure.

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